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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235893510" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235893510">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>So -- one thing I mentioned in today's call -- we don't really have any status quo stories about the <em>good things</em> from using async Rust, the ones we want to preserve</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235893550" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235893550">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>i'm wondering if folks want to dump notes here or elsewhere on that</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235893557" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235893557">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm feeling increasingly like that might be important</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235898750" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Carl Lerche <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235898750">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:49)</a>:</h4>
<p>I agree... maybe I'll write a status quo story about how cancellation with async rust is amazing compared to everything else I've used before</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235898814" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Carl Lerche <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235898814">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:49)</a>:</h4>
<p>(since cancellation seems to be getting the brunt of the negative focus atm)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235898904" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Carl Lerche <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235898904">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:50)</a>:</h4>
<p>... i just need to find some time</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899328" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899328">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:53)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="224941">@Carl Lerche</span> I would love this :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899364" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899364">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:53)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm thinking about other positive things</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899384" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899384">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:53)</a>:</h4>
<p>one thing I'm thinking about is the kind of "single allocation per task" setup</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899392" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Carl Lerche <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899392">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:53)</a>:</h4>
<p>I can try to make time next week to sketch it out</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899469" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Carl Lerche <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899469">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>or maybe it can be a writing session focus, though I usually have a standing conflict</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899496" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899496">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>could do a different time</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good%20things%20about%20async%20Rust/near/235899510" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/187312-wg-async-foundations/topic/good.20things.20about.20async.20Rust.html#235899510">(Apr 23 2021 at 19:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>I like the idea of doing a "good things" session :)</p>



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